Chapter 118: Seven Pirates
Of course, the most important reason is that all the powerful countries have interests here, and even many of the large gangs are the spokesmen of these countries' covert support.
So no country would dare to attack this place with all its might without a good enough reason, and that would only make the country the target of public criticism.
"All merchant ships, even those with government or even military backgrounds, have to pay them insurance money, and they will do their best to maintain order in the waters so that the ships of the government and large consortia are not harassed......
"Insurance money, snort haha...... When did the pirates start playing this game? The merchant sneered.
But Meng Ying didn't pay attention to the merchant's complaints, but noticed another question, "In other words, we are safer now, thanks to the blessings of the seven pirates?" ”
"If we are a ship of a company affiliated with a big conglomerate, then naturally there is no problem, and even if we don't kill all the pirates in advance and let them negotiate, we may be able to reach our destination safely and smoothly, after all, they are all pirates."
Speaking of this, Guo Xinyi smiled bitterly and said, "But the problem is that we not only killed all those pirates, but the company that was originally registered on this ship is not a large enterprise, so ......"
"So we're going to face an attack from a bunch of pirates who don't know whether they're alive or dead?" The merchant sneered disdainfully, winning battle after battle, making her more and more confident in her own strength.
"It's not just an ordinary pirate group!" Guo Xinyi corrected, "The sea area we are about to enter is the territory of Goldbeard, this man with the largest fleet of the seven pirates, and thousands of affiliated pirate groups, and this ship is only one of them. ”
"And this kind of pirate group that has always been operating outside the Golden Passage is at most a low-to-average pirate group in the Goldbeard forces."
"The most elite and powerful pirates are usually the ones who don't leave this fat golden mile and go out to the near and far."
The implication is that even such a pirate group almost wiped us out, and if we faced Goldbeard's main force or even the pirate group directly under it, it would not be as easy as it is now.
The businessman still has reservations about this.
However, he also knew that as the cataclysm continued to ferment, more and more people would gain abilities, and the abilities would become more and more strange and powerful.
It is not uncommon for Goldbeard, who has thousands of pirate groups, to have dozens or hundreds of abilities under him, and even Goldbeard himself may be strangers.
According to the twenty pirate groups, there are at least fifty abilities, although these are more powerful combat abilities than mobile, but the strange abilities are enough to give the merchant a headache.
"Well, if we're unlucky enough to run into a couple of pirate groups, maybe we're in a bit of trouble. However, Goldbeard is not a god, and he can't possibly know that we have killed one of his peripheral pirate groups, and we can only give us more money when we run into him. The merchant said indifferently.
"Well, that's really the way it is now." Guo Xinyi looked at Shang Shidao helplessly.
"Don't worry, haven't we met yet......" the merchant smiled and comforted.
But in an instant, everyone felt a violent shaking, and a roar like thunder.
"It looks like we've really met ......"
The merchant who reacted in an instant completed his transformation, and while protecting Meng Ying and Ada, he looked out the window with his extraordinary eyesight, and saw a burst of fire and smoke rising into the sky, as well as ships heading towards him on the sea in the distance.
"Pirate Regiment?!" Guo Xinyi exclaimed, her panicked appearance made people can't help but want to rub her into her arms, and softly comfort and care.
"This guy, don't forget to use the charm technique at this time......" The merchant said in a low voice.
This is the name of Guo Xinyi's ability, similar to the spells in Western fantasy games, the charm can easily control creatures with weak minds, including but not limited to humans and various animals in nature.
However, just like to balance the rules of the game, there are certain conditions for the success of her charm technique, but the merchant has not yet made a clear judgment on what this condition is, after all, they have actually only been in contact for two days.
"Let's go to the deck!" In an instant, the merchant made a decision.
Then he quickly came to the chaotic deck with Meng Ying and the others, and the panicked sailors were running around, only at most half of them were working effectively, while the others were at most just doing blindly, and even a few were still adding to the chaos and helping.
"What are we doing here?" Guo Xinyi asked breathlessly, exposed to an unprotected outdoors, anyone would look flustered and insecure in the face of modern weapons.
"Because it......'s safe here," the merchant stared at the approaching ship's pathway in the distance.
"Safety? Hell, I've never heard of safe decks! Guo Xinyi laughed angrily when she heard this.
"Because this is the only place where I can run away with you before the artillery hits us...... the merchant explained.
"Uh......" Guo Xinyi didn't know how to refute when she heard this, so she had to shut her mouth unwillingly.
"The pirates on the other side...... Do we stand a chance of winning? Meng Ying asked worriedly.
"It's just a passenger liner, there is not much regular armament at all, and if the other side is not stupid enough to engage us in a broadside battle, we have no chance of winning." The merchant said affirmatively.
"Can't you make a move?" Meng Ying asked.
"The target is too big, and I can't stand being hit by such a large-caliber artillery...... And the defensive laser guns and machine guns weren't a firepower I could ignore. The merchant said with a wry smile.
He really didn't want to confront these modern technocrats on the back of his body unless he had to, especially when his size made it impossible to dodge these attacks.
Even the ones on the other side are only modern products from a few decades ago.
"Then let's inform the captain of the ship before they go, so that they can be prepared, and if it doesn't work, give up resistance." Meng Ying said with some reluctance.
"Well," the merchant replied noncommittally, and then a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "but I don't think it's so troublesome......"
"What?" Meng Ying asked suspiciously.
But then a loud bang in the distance answered her question.
A killer whale, at least twenty meters long, suddenly appeared next to the flagship of the opposing pirate group, and its huge body collided with it as if it was a father-killing enemy on the opposite side.
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